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  • Scientists turn a new leaf to discover a compound in daffodils that targets brain cancer

    11/01/2010 12:45:39 PM PDT · by decimon · 6 replies
    New research in the FASEB Journal suggests that narciclagsine, a natural compound found in daffodil bulbs, markedly reduces cancer cell proliferation and migrationWhen looking for new ways to treat aggressive brain cancers, an international team of scientists turned a new leaf and "discovered" the lowly daffodil. A new research study published in the November 2010 print issue of The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) offers hope that a natural compound found in daffodil bulbs, called narciclasine, may be a powerful therapeutic against biologically aggressive forms of human brain cancers. "We are planning to move a narciclasine derivative toward clinical trials in oncology...